Tag: news
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Critical time for the world, is America up to it…?
It was sad to see Biden stumble about on stage and lose his train of thought. Neither candidate seemed that well-informed and if the free world rests on the inconsistencies of Trump or the frailty of Biden, the world is in trouble. There was an element of sadness that the frailties of Biden were on display,…
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The basket case and the anarcho-economist
It’s strange that politicians are there to tell you how brilliant they are during the boom years, but have excuses for all the other years that economies have struggled. But the boom years themselves are manufactured by those same politicians when they get into power. Millei of Argentina, has to a degree come to the conclusion…
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Sudan – the forgotten war
There is a scenario that between 500,000 and 1 million Sudanese will die of starvation or disease in Sudan. Food prices have increased by up to 83% because farmers have not been able to gather the harvest. The fighting has moved from the centre of Khartoum to the province of Gezira the breadbasket of Sudan and is proving…
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Sweden’s move to the right
Sweden a country known for openness transparency and gender equality, has changed, there is a new populist government that has opened the door to the far right. There is an image of Sweden that it is a socialist utopia, but there is something else, it is rebelling against immigrants, taxes and change has come from…
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The green argument in Europe
Nothing will change much in Europe after the election of Ursula Von de Leyen as the leader of the European Union, but there will be a larger Conservative majority in the EPP. The socialists are up in arms, especially in Spain, where the government have found themselves being out manoeuvred by a Europe that has…
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The rise of political populism
There is a worrying trend worldwide and that is the movement away from mainstream politics towards populist politics. What makes populism so dominant as a narrative can be underpinned by a disconnect between the politician and the electorate. The disenfranchised electorate argue that they have not been heard and that they are being ignored by…
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Can Israel really do without a two state argument.
There is an argument among the extremists in Israel for an enlarged state. Eretz Israel is translated as greater Israel and encompasses the West Bank and Gaza. But what nobody really asks is what do you do with the Palestinians? Of course there have been calls to forceably deport the Palestinians from these lands, and…
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Jimmy Lai and the umbrellas of Hong Kong
The umbrellas have been put away for the time being, but the arguments of where Hong Kong stands still have to be navigated. Jimmy Lai, the editor, founder and owner of Apple Daily is being charged under Hong Kong’s legislature with a whole plethora of charges, that range from conspiracy to commit foreign collusion to…